stripping

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Researchers believe it may have been used for digging in soft ground near the lakeshore or possibly for stripping bark from trees.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Even stripping out gasoline, spending was still up 4.0% year over year, the largest increase in three years.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Another measure Martinez de Vara helped draft made the city more vulnerable to lawsuits from opponents of its actions, by stripping the city of its immunity from litigation.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Across the country, their fighters have joined private looters in stripping museums of valuable artifacts chronicling the country’s history from the Stone Age to the rise of Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He gave me a nasty look and began stripping leaves from a spindly little bush.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn